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after selling himself to massachusetts as an economic savior, the massachusetts record was alarmingly weak. as you've heard under governor romney, the state was 47th in job creation, fourth from the bottom. fourth from the bottom. manufacturing jobs vanished at twice the national rate. household incomes fell, even when they were rising nationally, here in massachusetts they were falling. government actually grew at a clip of 6.5% a year and public sector jobs grew, as was mentioned, at six times the rate as private sector jobs. governor romney raised various fees on marriage licenses and on cars and on home purchases and everything he could think of. and he raised fees more than any other governor in the nation. this no tax governor. and yet he still added a mountain of debt. he added $2.6 billion to the state's debt, an increase of more than 16% and left for his successor a structural deficit of more than $1 billion. when he was done, after one term, scholars at northeastern university released a study on the romney years. what was their conclusion? that under romney's tenure as gove
after selling himself to massachusetts as an economic savior, the massachusetts record was alarmingly weak. as you've heard under governor romney, the state was 47th in job creation, fourth from the bottom. fourth from the bottom. manufacturing jobs vanished at twice the national rate. household incomes fell, even when they were rising nationally, here in massachusetts they were falling. government actually grew at a clip of 6.5% a year and public sector jobs grew, as was mentioned, at six...
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help massachusetts further? >> well, home sales are up, but foreclosures are also up. there are a lot of people who are under water on their mortgages here in massachusetts. we had 47,000 people who have lost their homes since the beginning of the crisis in 2008. i look at it this way. massachusetts is recovering better than much of the rest of the country. and that's partly because we have made a lot of investments. in our people here in massachusetts. and trying to keep our in infrastructure going so businesses can flourish and trying to help our kids get educated, but we can't do this alone. the country is in trouble and massachusetts still has a lot of work to do on the jobs front, on the education front. on the infrastructure front. there's a lot we have to do here. >> in terms of national politics right now and the way that your candidacy has captured the imagination of a lot of progressives around the country, liberals have been excited about your cand daenls, about the way you have talked about some econ
help massachusetts further? >> well, home sales are up, but foreclosures are also up. there are a lot of people who are under water on their mortgages here in massachusetts. we had 47,000 people who have lost their homes since the beginning of the crisis in 2008. i look at it this way. massachusetts is recovering better than much of the rest of the country. and that's partly because we have made a lot of investments. in our people here in massachusetts. and trying to keep our in...
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as governor of massachusetts, mitt romney had the best jobs record in a decade. romney reduced unemployment to 4.7%, balanced every budget without raising taxes, he did it by bringing parties together to cut through gridlock. from day one as president, mitt romney's strong leadership will make all the difference on jobs. >> kim, fascinating that they felt obliged to respond to this massachusetts ad in a way they didn't to the bain capital attack previously. why the do you think romney felt they had to reply? >> i think they do it for two reasons, one is that he has made, obviously, his management of massachusetts a key part of his campaign. he's lent a lot on biology and this is his argument, i've run a stated and run it well. two, i think the other problem, there was a lot of misinformation in that obama attack ad that came out and they want to set the record straight on. you know, the goal here for mitt romney needs to be to make the comparison like mary was talking about, about policies and different outcomes in policies. and leaning too much on massachusetts,
as governor of massachusetts, mitt romney had the best jobs record in a decade. romney reduced unemployment to 4.7%, balanced every budget without raising taxes, he did it by bringing parties together to cut through gridlock. from day one as president, mitt romney's strong leadership will make all the difference on jobs. >> kim, fascinating that they felt obliged to respond to this massachusetts ad in a way they didn't to the bain capital attack previously. why the do you think romney...
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and plus, mitt romney's massachusetts record. the obama campaign calls it one of the worst in the country. is it? and how does it compare to the president? all that and the truth behind the male-female wage gap and democratic attempts to exploit it. tonight, we tell wisconsin, we tell our country and tell people all across the globe that voters really do want leaders who stand up and make the tough decisions. >> welcome to the journal editorial report. i'm paul gigot. that was republican governor scott walker of wisconsin on tuesday night after surviving a union backed recall challenge. his 7 point win over milwaukee mayor tom barrett was more than the election that he won two years ago and it wasn't big labor's only's loss of the night. voters in san diego, . and joining us assistant and editorial page editor, james freeman, jason riley and washington columnist kim strassel. jason, what does it tell us, this election, about the mood of the voters? >> it tells that the voters are realists, paul. the government are facing serious
and plus, mitt romney's massachusetts record. the obama campaign calls it one of the worst in the country. is it? and how does it compare to the president? all that and the truth behind the male-female wage gap and democratic attempts to exploit it. tonight, we tell wisconsin, we tell our country and tell people all across the globe that voters really do want leaders who stand up and make the tough decisions. >> welcome to the journal editorial report. i'm paul gigot. that was republican...
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it has worked really well in massachusetts. the proportion of people who now have health insurance in massachusetts is 98%, 98% of people in the state are insured. that is the highest rate in the nation. nearly 100% of massachusetts' kids are insured. 90% of doctors in the state say the quality of care has improved since the reform law went into effect and massachusetts residents like it by a nearly 2-1 margin and even that poll was taken in the middle of the republican presidential primary when candidates were talking about how awful the massachusetts plan is because ç it's the same as what president obama did for the country, so even with a national political campaign where everybody's slagging off the massachusetts' health plan, a, it works, and, b, massachusetts likes it. here's the thing, though, the most important political thing about health reform at the national level is this difference in this chart. within a year of this law being signed in massachusetts, it was going into effect, within a year, the major reforms w
it has worked really well in massachusetts. the proportion of people who now have health insurance in massachusetts is 98%, 98% of people in the state are insured. that is the highest rate in the nation. nearly 100% of massachusetts' kids are insured. 90% of doctors in the state say the quality of care has improved since the reform law went into effect and massachusetts residents like it by a nearly 2-1 margin and even that poll was taken in the middle of the republican presidential primary...
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crisis and still had a lower unemployment rate than massachusetts. >> we can talk about massachusetts and inheriting the bush economy. if people don't see a vision for the future for them and they will decide between romney or president obama, who is going to get us there. right now they don't have a lot of faith in what's happened in the last few years. >> has romney cast enough bright ideas or just focusing too much on commenting on what the president has. does he have ideas? >> has to come up and show his proposals. at the end of the day in politics, if you could make it a referendum on an incumbent, that's what the american also buy-in on. >> his proposals are basically the same proposals george w. bush offered. if we're offered a choice about the past and present, tax consultants fcuts for the wealthy, continue the foreign policy of the bush administration, no new investments in teachers. >> continue foreign policy as president obama. >> what do you have, you have the bush policy that cost us the great economic recession we just recovered from. >> let's bring dana back in, brings
crisis and still had a lower unemployment rate than massachusetts. >> we can talk about massachusetts and inheriting the bush economy. if people don't see a vision for the future for them and they will decide between romney or president obama, who is going to get us there. right now they don't have a lot of faith in what's happened in the last few years. >> has romney cast enough bright ideas or just focusing too much on commenting on what the president has. does he have ideas?...
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he created one job in massachusetts. now at this point in his term, 40 months into his term, he created about 4,000 jobs. at this point in the president's term, massachusetts has created five times that amount in massachusetts. the reason the unemployment went down, in part, in massachusetts, is because a quarter of a million left that state. >> i like an opportunity to respond to the political attack and that is the magic number, here, george, 4.7%. that was the level of unemployment achieved by governor romney during his term in office in massachusetts. that's close to full employment. that meant, anyone who wanted a job had a pretty good chance of finding win. i have no doubt that president romney would happily trade his 8.2% rate for 4. .7%. >> it shows why america works as a currency union while europe doesn't. massachusetts had a terrible bust at the end of the '80s and the unemployment rate eventually came way down and no recovery in jobs. because people left. i don't think a president of the united states can sol
he created one job in massachusetts. now at this point in his term, 40 months into his term, he created about 4,000 jobs. at this point in the president's term, massachusetts has created five times that amount in massachusetts. the reason the unemployment went down, in part, in massachusetts, is because a quarter of a million left that state. >> i like an opportunity to respond to the political attack and that is the magic number, here, george, 4.7%. that was the level of unemployment...
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. >> in point of fact when governor romney was governor of massachusetts incomes were declining in massachusetts while they were increasing across the country. that we were behind 47 or 46 other states in job creation at a time when the economy was growing. >> how do you look at this? >> the difference is that governor romney was following a trend of relatively good economic conditions in the country at a time very different from now where president obama has turned that trend and we are getting job creation where we were getting job loss. >> when he took over he was 51st. when he left he was 30th in the country. he created tens of thousands of jobs and the unemployment went down. here is what i find really interesting. you have a president who opens up with bain capital attacking on that. now they are trying to attack romney. what is the president for? unemployment has gone up. a half a million americans lost their job. the politics is terrible. when i started in ohio it was terrible. we are getting bipartisan support for our bills. that's called leadership. i don't dislike the president. i hav
. >> in point of fact when governor romney was governor of massachusetts incomes were declining in massachusetts while they were increasing across the country. that we were behind 47 or 46 other states in job creation at a time when the economy was growing. >> how do you look at this? >> the difference is that governor romney was following a trend of relatively good economic conditions in the country at a time very different from now where president obama has turned that trend...
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no one has ever thought to go to get massachusetts legislators to do that. but we're going to be hearing a lot more from the obama campaign about this governship of mitt romney's that he just absolutely -- i mean, i don't know what you have to do to get romney to talk about being governor. >> it's something he seems to think will not be an issue on this campaign. it's weird. the ad is devastating because it is so specific and accurate, for example, there's a section on taxes and mitt romney talked a lot about how he would not raise taxes in massachusetts and it's true, he didn't raise the standard taxes, sales or income but what he did do was add $750 million in fees, which is just another way that the government collects money like taxes but fees are more regressive so the less you make the more they hurt and that is now a fact about his tenure we know and so while you may look at some of his promises today about taxes you should look real close because last time he balanced some of those budgets to the extent that he got closer to them on the backs of the
no one has ever thought to go to get massachusetts legislators to do that. but we're going to be hearing a lot more from the obama campaign about this governship of mitt romney's that he just absolutely -- i mean, i don't know what you have to do to get romney to talk about being governor. >> it's something he seems to think will not be an issue on this campaign. it's weird. the ad is devastating because it is so specific and accurate, for example, there's a section on taxes and mitt...
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david axelrod made the point about massachusetts' jobs record. >> the story about massachusetts under governor romney. it fell to 47th in jobs creation. he left his successor with debt and a deficit and manufacturing jobs left that state at twice the rate than the rest of the country. there was a reason for this -- the governor didn't have a plan to get the economy moving again. the country was growing jobs. now at this point in his term, 40 months into his term, he created about 4,000 jobs. at this point in the president's term, massachusetts has created five times that amount in massachusetts. the reason up unemployment went down in massachusetts, is because a quarter of a million left that state. >> i like an opportunity to respond to the political attack and that is the magic number, here, george, 4.7%. that was the level of unemployment achieved by governor romney during his term in office in massachusetts. anyone who wanted a job had a pretty good chance of finding win. i have no doubt that president romney would happily trade his 8.2% for his 4 .7% rate. >> it shows why america
david axelrod made the point about massachusetts' jobs record. >> the story about massachusetts under governor romney. it fell to 47th in jobs creation. he left his successor with debt and a deficit and manufacturing jobs left that state at twice the rate than the rest of the country. there was a reason for this -- the governor didn't have a plan to get the economy moving again. the country was growing jobs. now at this point in his term, 40 months into his term, he created about 4,000...
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you have been dispatched to go after romney's record in massachusetts. the unemployment rate dropped while he was governor but he was 47th in job creation. not good enough? >> no executive in government can do their job without the partnership of a legislature. the president needs that partnership here. the president has bucked the trend. he has turned job losses into job gains. no one including the president believes these job gains are coming fast enough but it is clear he bucked the train as opposed to mitt romney who drove the train. doesn't mean he was a failure as a governor. we were out of recession when he came to power and he trailed the country. >> can i just -- help me understand the logic here. there was a recession. massachusettsame out of that with anemic job creation. the unemployment rate did fall. you are saying in president obama's case that that is his calling card that that is a success. >> in point of fact when governor romney was governor of massachusetts incomes were declining in massachusetts while they were increasing across the
you have been dispatched to go after romney's record in massachusetts. the unemployment rate dropped while he was governor but he was 47th in job creation. not good enough? >> no executive in government can do their job without the partnership of a legislature. the president needs that partnership here. the president has bucked the trend. he has turned job losses into job gains. no one including the president believes these job gains are coming fast enough but it is clear he bucked the...
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it's been an essential part of the success here in massachusetts. i think the president understood that, having seen, of all of the different experiments that are considered and debated in public policy, there's one that's actually been tried. we tried something here in massachusetts. we've tried something nationally. and the supreme court has affirmed the authority of congress to try something. i'm excited about that. >> governor, thank you very much for joining me. >> thanks for having me. >>> more now on our big story. rick santorum's made no secret of his opposition to obama care. he said today, quote, the outcome is a worst of all scenarios. welcome back, senator, how are you? >> i'm doing well, piers, how are you? >> so eye guess you're foaming at the mouth with blind rage, are you? >> well, how about feeling very, very sad about what this means for our country but frankly very excited that the battle is joined and it will be a battle between now and november and the stakes are very clear. that we now have a system that is going to make every
it's been an essential part of the success here in massachusetts. i think the president understood that, having seen, of all of the different experiments that are considered and debated in public policy, there's one that's actually been tried. we tried something here in massachusetts. we've tried something nationally. and the supreme court has affirmed the authority of congress to try something. i'm excited about that. >> governor, thank you very much for joining me. >> thanks for...
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this whole massachusetts debate, you think voters care what happened in massachusetts? i know they care in a generic sense but give me your clinching, what's your clinching statistical rebuttal to tad devine's brilliant effort to cover this? >> first of all, i know david axelrod, i like david axelrod. he got us a new president four years ago and will give us a new president next time. let's just keep that. but the president has failed. the president talked about an 8% unemployment rate. we thought it was a ceiling, it's turned out to be a floor. the unemployment rate is going up, factory orders are going down. the president is still the president. he's not the candidate. he can pose the extension of the bush tax cuts. he could propose part or all of bowles-simpson. he could do something instead of sitting there criticizing bush. there is no obama plan to make this better. >> let me just go, tad, this is interesting. to some extent, vin took the words right out of my head. why doesn't the president have a response to these lousy unemployment numbers, 1.9% gdp? analytical
this whole massachusetts debate, you think voters care what happened in massachusetts? i know they care in a generic sense but give me your clinching, what's your clinching statistical rebuttal to tad devine's brilliant effort to cover this? >> first of all, i know david axelrod, i like david axelrod. he got us a new president four years ago and will give us a new president next time. let's just keep that. but the president has failed. the president talked about an 8% unemployment rate....
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still to come up, adding up the costs of the massachusetts healthcare law. >> glor: with the supreme court ruling on the obama healthcare plan expected as soon as tomorrow, new poll out tonight finds 61 percent oppose the individual mandate while a majority support many specific provisions of the law. another poll in massachusetts which has had a mandate for six years now finds two-thirds say they support the state's healthcare law however funding that plan remains a challenge. >> massachusetts once again is taking a giant leap forward. >> mitt romney's mandate in massachusetts that everyone, acquire health insurance was signed only nine months before he left office. so its fallen to his successor deval patrick to implement the law. >> i was skeptical of it when i first heard about it, but basic insurance idea that you get everybody in and you spread the risk widely so you keep the costs down for everybody, very, very smart. >> since the reform overall healthcare risen from 36 to 43 percent of the state budget, and massachusetts spends more per person on healthcare than any other sta
still to come up, adding up the costs of the massachusetts healthcare law. >> glor: with the supreme court ruling on the obama healthcare plan expected as soon as tomorrow, new poll out tonight finds 61 percent oppose the individual mandate while a majority support many specific provisions of the law. another poll in massachusetts which has had a mandate for six years now finds two-thirds say they support the state's healthcare law however funding that plan remains a challenge. >>...
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if you didn't like it in massachusetts, you can move to another state. >> if you didn't like it in massachusetts, you can move to another state. when you look at the fact, governor, that even the conservative blog daily caller points out, that ginsburg actually cited romney care in holding up yesterday's law. you can't have it both ways. >> you can't. i never told anybody this. but in 1996 when i was governor of pennsylvania and mitt romney was ending his term, we went up because president bush was president. we went up to study how pennsylvania could adopt something along the lines of romney care that massachusetts had done. and he was filled with pride about how well it was going to work and how good it was and how structured it was and how fair it was. >> wait a minute. you're saying to me in '96 you actually went as governor of pennsylvania to learn from the massachusetts plan and how the governor of massachusetts at0 that time mitt romney was proud and beaming about this? >> sure. and he spent about three hours with us talking to us about the plan. and he was proud of it. and proud of how
if you didn't like it in massachusetts, you can move to another state. >> if you didn't like it in massachusetts, you can move to another state. when you look at the fact, governor, that even the conservative blog daily caller points out, that ginsburg actually cited romney care in holding up yesterday's law. you can't have it both ways. >> you can't. i never told anybody this. but in 1996 when i was governor of pennsylvania and mitt romney was ending his term, we went up because...
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unemployment was 4.7% in massachusetts when mitt romney left. barack obama still can't get it below 8% here. and it's on its way back up. that's the choice people are going to have to make. >> james, final thought then we got to go. congress lost 57,000 jobs when the president took office. 68,000. and we would like to revisit this about the unemployment rate in massachusetts because people were moving out of the state. but that's another thing. we can go to these figures back and forth. but murky the water is we were saying at the beginning of the be interview. >> thanks very much. let us know what you think at home. follow me on twitter. least tweet about this now. >>> in raw politics tonight, tomorrow's vote on whether or not to recall the wisconsin governor. and why everyone outside wisconsin has an interest in how it comes out. potentially big implications for who wins the white house. that's next. >>> raw politics. in a vote tomorrow, wisconsin with potentially serious national significance. less than 24 hours from now voters could give us
unemployment was 4.7% in massachusetts when mitt romney left. barack obama still can't get it below 8% here. and it's on its way back up. that's the choice people are going to have to make. >> james, final thought then we got to go. congress lost 57,000 jobs when the president took office. 68,000. and we would like to revisit this about the unemployment rate in massachusetts because people were moving out of the state. but that's another thing. we can go to these figures back and forth....
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are there enough primary care doctors in massachusetts? no, there's not enough anywhere in the country. right after the law was passed, a tremendous influx of pishes. a period of adjustment when the system was overwhelmed. they worked that out and they continue to work that out. so, these people are now in the system and many of them are getting routine care. it's not perfect. >> let's go to the conservative critique. conservatives like myself are concerned about a national health care system that will cause prices to go up for employers, which will mean small businesses may hire fewer people and mean that larger corporations dump people off their health care roles. what's happening in massachusetts? >> employer-sponsored health care. the number of people getting insurance through their employers went up in massachusetts. that didn't happen. in fact, we talked to a few young guys, internet entrepreneurs who actually came to massachusetts because they knew they could get access to health care there. so, those fears that have been much talke
are there enough primary care doctors in massachusetts? no, there's not enough anywhere in the country. right after the law was passed, a tremendous influx of pishes. a period of adjustment when the system was overwhelmed. they worked that out and they continue to work that out. so, these people are now in the system and many of them are getting routine care. it's not perfect. >> let's go to the conservative critique. conservatives like myself are concerned about a national health care...
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he's in a close race to hold on to his seat in massachusetts. he decided today he's going to vote against it. his statt says, senator brown believes strongly in fair pay and that employers who discriminate against women should be prosecuted aggressively. however, senator brown believes the bill will put more burdens on small j so joy ann, senator brown thinks that not allowing businesses to discriminate against women would just put more burdens on businesses. >> this is where the republican party, their loyalty to big business comes in conflict with their need to increase their demographic appeal. they're only doing well with republican women. they're not really expanding that circle. but businesses putting tremendous pressure on republicans to stay the course and to tow the line when it comes to not doing anything business doesn't like. business doesn't like regulation. they see this as a regulation. this is 49 years after the passage of the equal pay act in 1963, and women are still earning 77 cents on the dollar. this bill would talk about th
he's in a close race to hold on to his seat in massachusetts. he decided today he's going to vote against it. his statt says, senator brown believes strongly in fair pay and that employers who discriminate against women should be prosecuted aggressively. however, senator brown believes the bill will put more burdens on small j so joy ann, senator brown thinks that not allowing businesses to discriminate against women would just put more burdens on businesses. >> this is where the...
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joining me now, massachusetts governor duval patrick. welcome, governor. it's an interesting day, isn't it? it's obviously a very big -- >> it's a good day, piers. >> right, it's a good day. could it backfire in the longer term the election? could this now galvanize the republican base vote to come out and cause you bigger problems than the success is worth enjoying in the short term? >> well, let me say first, piers, something that may cause you and maybe some of your more cynical viewers to roll their eyes. the victory today is not a political victory. it's a victory for the american people. it's a victory for the 30 million people who have no health care. for the 130 million who have a pre-existing condition or who are at risk of going bankrupt. or were at risk of going bankrupt if they were seriously ill. it's a victory for all of the young adults who are able to stay on their parent's health insurance plans till the age of 26. this does a lot of good for a lot of americans. in the same way that the model for it here in massachusetts did a lot of good
joining me now, massachusetts governor duval patrick. welcome, governor. it's an interesting day, isn't it? it's obviously a very big -- >> it's a good day, piers. >> right, it's a good day. could it backfire in the longer term the election? could this now galvanize the republican base vote to come out and cause you bigger problems than the success is worth enjoying in the short term? >> well, let me say first, piers, something that may cause you and maybe some of your more...
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they attack him on being governor of massachusetts and it did not work. what we will see, they will try to find what attack will stick on romney and there will be lots of opportunities to pick but it will be a big challenge because no matter what happens it is the economy that will drive the message for the next five months. >>chris: but, briefly, what we heard from the president and his people on friday, juan, we did not have it happen quickly and it will not be solved overnight, it has been 3 1/2 years, can he just say stay the course or come up with a late correction? >>juan: the late correction would be a leap of desperation and people would not trust it. it has to be a message that says and this picks up on what you said, a message that says, we are in the middle of stormy waters. do not shift, do not change captains at this moment, and, remember, exactly where we departed from. we were in bad situation and if you look at the economy, in fact, there has been an increase in job creation in the private sector, and so, stay with us, do not worry about e
they attack him on being governor of massachusetts and it did not work. what we will see, they will try to find what attack will stick on romney and there will be lots of opportunities to pick but it will be a big challenge because no matter what happens it is the economy that will drive the message for the next five months. >>chris: but, briefly, what we heard from the president and his people on friday, juan, we did not have it happen quickly and it will not be solved overnight, it has...